Sawing machine



J. o. HoRToN 1,810,245

SAWING MACHINE Filed Dec. 18, 195o s sheets-sheer 1 June 16, 1931.

J. O. HORTON June 16, 1931.

SAWING MACHINE Filed Deo. 18, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 J. O.v HORTON SAWING MACHINE June 16, 1931.

Filed Deo. 18. 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Jiine k16, 1931 UNIT-@En srares PATENT oFFicE JOHN. O. HORTON, OF MONTRGSE, PENNSYLVANIA, .SSIGNOR .T0 BEACH MANUFACTUR- ING COMKPANY, OF IONTROS'E, `PENNSYLVNIA,

VANIA sawrne MACHINE f .Application filed December 18, 1930. VSerial No. 503,288.

This invention relates'to sawingk machines and aims to provide an improvement in those ofthe type whereinthe cutter is reciproc'ated cross-wise of the work support.

It will be best understood by description with reference to the attached drawings il# lustrating two practicable embodiments in an organization of separable work-table and cutter unit.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the machine with applied improvement in one form;

Fig. A2-is a front elevation ther-cof;

Fig. 3 isa plan view ofy the saine machine with the cutter swung at a dierent angle;

Fig. 4 is a sectional end view on the line l-t of Fig. 1,;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the cutter unit taken on the sectional line 5 5 of F ig.r1;

Fig. 6 is a plan Yview of the machine with applied improvement in another or modified form, parts being broken away;

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the latter, also with parts'broken away; and

Fig. S is a section on the line 8-8 of Fior 7.

ihe illustrative machine embodies a cutter or saw unit of the character generally known Yas a rotarycross-cutter, the same being preferably of the form shown and ydes-cribed in my copending, application Serial.

No. 459,355, filed June 5, 1930, for sawing' machines.

T his unit comprises a Vrotary saw 9 on the rotor shaft `of an electric motor 10; carried by a recriprocable member 11, which latter is 'cradled upon a support 12 with swivel' mounting in a pedestal 1S and adapted byy means of hand-wheel 14 to-'be raised and Vlowered vto desired level, as also to be lockedl in any' position of swing about its swivel.A

The means for actuating saidfreciprocable member and locking .the unitin' adjusted position are Vnotliere shown, as these are departs ofthe complete machine. f Y

lliecutter unit is fastened'to the floor ber` idey the entended `anis of an elongated table 15, with its saw carriage swingable laterally to said axis, or in some cases to the table it self. rlhis table is shownin 'skeleton form comprising parallel angle-iron vbeams 15aV horizontal portion of which carries a sleeve bracket 19 at one end. Y Through this-sleeve one end of abar 2O extends from a socketkmember 21 on one of the beams of the table.

A handle 22 on the outer end of this rod provides means for rocking the same in its opposite end supports, while a collar 23y bearing against the sleeve bracket on the opposite side prevents longitudinal movement kof said bar.

The bar however may obviously have some other means or manner of supportsuch for example as hereinafter decribed with reference to another member, in relation to which .A CQRPORATIGN 0F IPENNSYL- its function is served. This bar carriesV a its position on the rod.

Ektending longitudinally of the work-supporting table in projection to and beyond the stand 18 is a guideemember or gauge rail 25. This guide which has an intermediate support (described presently) clears or else rests lightly at one endl upon the rollers of the tableand is supported at the other end upon the horizo-ntalportioii of said stand. It

is advantageously Yprovided with a metal heel plate or bottom strip 25a'to save wear; In addition to or as apart of this bottom shelf 25bb likewise level "with said rollers,

Yslidably adjustable stopplate 24, which is thereby swung into and out of the feed path of the w0rk,as indicatedin Fig. 5, and serves to gaugel the length of the cuts according to A plate, the guide bar carries a rest-plate 25by l level withy the rollersof the table, and a restwhich `serve as auxiliary supports for the work during cutting operation, especially when a substantial portion or length of the V work'is projected beyond the farthermost roller of the table as in the case where long cuts are to be made.

In the form of Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the guide-bar is formed in two parts connected by a yoke or saddle member 26 at the underside, which provides its intermediate support. A space or gap 2T is provided between the two parts of said bar suilicient to allow passage of the saw or cutter-blade 'therethrough at different angles, and the bar is accordingly arranged with said space er gap centered directly opposite the saw 9 when the la -ter is swung on its carriage at right angular disposition to the table axis, as shown in Fig. 1. This assures clear passage for the saw in reciprocate movement with its carrier to opposite sides of the guide-bar, which serves not only to guide the work along the table, but also to steady it on both sides of the saws cutting path crosswise of the table. It will be noted that the lower edge of the saw lies below the bottom surface of the work (see Fig. Q) and above the top surface of the connection between the two parts of the guidebar. Accordingly, as the rotating saw is reciprocated in the line of cut for which it is set, the work or boards oit lumber need only be advanced longitudinally with cach stroke of the saw, which wi il cut it into lengths according to the adjustment of the stop-plate 24.

In order to have said space of the guidebar always in the path of movement of the saw when the latter is swung to different angular dispositions to the table, a special connection is made between said bar and saw carriage mounting. This is eiiected by afixing an extension 28 to the support 12 shown underlying the guide-bar and providin a still further rest for the work as it is ed to the saw. Said extension is pivotally connected with the guide-bar in this instance by a link or lever-plate 29 bolted to the underside of the former and having a pivot stud or pin extending through and headed under the yoke or saddle member which connects the two parts of the guardbar together and so serves to support 1t 1nterrnediately. This pivotal connection advantageously located in the line of the saw and preferably in line with the 'front edge of the guide-bar, so as in eiiect (with said extension 28) to provide a bell-crank lever connection between the guide-bar and the swivel axis of the saw-carriage support. The distance between the axes of said swivel mounting andl said pivotal connection will accordingly equal that of the hypotenuse of a triangle having its longer side at right angles to the table, so that when the saw is disposed on its carriage at right angles to the table, a straight line intersecting these two axes would be angular to the table, as represented in Fig. 1.

Corresponding with this linkage, another is provided at the outer end of the guidebar, this latter comprising a swing-arm 30 pivotally connected between said guide-bar and the outer end of the L-shaped stand 18 on a line parallel with the aforesaid line intersecting the axes of the aforesaid swivel mounting and pivot of the first described connection, the distance between such connections being of course the same.

Thus by the two angular or swing-arm pivotal connections, the guide-bar will be caused to shift longitudinally with its aforesaid space always in the path of the saw, when and as the latter is swung with its carriage to difierent angular dispositions to the table, without changing and therefore maintaining the guide-bars predetermined parallel relation to the table. Regardless therefore of the extent of the saw-carriage swing, the guide-bar will be shifted with the passage space for the saw in the latters different paths of Inovement, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

In this connection, referring again to the bar 20, it may be desirable to support the same from this guide-bar so as to shift or move therewith in fixed relation, rather than have it supported as previously described which in many caseswould require a separate shifting of the stop-plate (24) thereon every time the saw `is swung to a different angle. Such support could obviously be provided simply by opposite end brackets or arms extending laterally from the guide-bar in lieu of the bracket 19 and socket 2l shown in the illustrative construction.

In the dilierent positions or angular dispositions to the table at which the saw is thus swung and adjusted for cutting action crosswise of the table, the guide-bar may be held down firmly by a clamp 31 provided for the purpose on one of the beams of the work-table, along which it should be adjustable to follow the guide-bar to opposite extremes of movement.

The advantages of the described improvement in cutting or sawing machines of this character will be obvious. It provides an organization and construction for high-speed performance and maintains the partsvalways in cooperative relation and eliminates the necessity of separate adjustment of the guidebar for each resetting of the saw, while it maintains said bar always in the same relation to the table, so that adjustments for cutting at ditl'erent angles need be made only with the saw. The high-speed operation and reciprocation of the saw moreover effects a quick cutting action, so that the work may be cut to the different lengths and angles desired, almost as fast as it can be fed to the saw.

In the possible modification illustrated by Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive, the second linkage or swing-arm connection 30 is eliminated and the guide-bar moves always in the same line. In this modification, the extension 28 of the INI lill:

saw carriage support is shown Connected directly with the guide-barby a pin 32 moving in a slot 28a, while the under-surface plate or strip 25a serves to connect the two partsot the guide-bar in place of the yoke or saddle 26. The guide-bar moves on small rollers or portions 16a of lthe main rollers 16, which' latter accordingly serve as guides at one side,

.while brackets 33 may serve as guides at the other side. One of these brackets may carry a clamp `3l2L therefor, as shown in Fig. 8. The projected end ofthe guide-bar resting on the horizontal portion of the stand v18 moves in a guidingslideway 18a. f Thus the guide-bar with its space 27 is in this instance adapted to slide longitudinally always on the same line as the saw carriage is swung on its swivel, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 6. Moreover,tlie swing movement and shift maybe in either direction from the saw7s perpendicular to the table. This different arrangement or features thereof may be desirable in some cases instead of the first described form.

It will be understood that various modifi-V cations or changes in the form, construction and arrangement of the part-s indifferent 'combinations and sub-combinations maybe 1 made within the scope of this invention, and

it is therefore not intended to limit the same bythe appended claims to the specific constructions or forms herein shown. f

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 'of the United Statesis:

l. ln a cutting apparatus, a cutter support comprising an'angularly adjustable member upon which a cutter is reciprocated, a worksupport traversed by the cutter in its travel and av guide-element for the work resting upon the work-support and movable longitudinally thereon and so engaged by said ad-l justable member as to travel on said support as the angle ofthe member changes; said guide-element having an opening through which the cutter may ytravel and whichis thus kept alwaysin registry withthe path ofcutter travel. Y f

2;. ln a cutting machine, a cutter support embodying an angularly adjustable member upon which a cutter is reciprocated,a workf upon which a cutter is reciprocated, two or morespaced work-supports whose worklevel axis, is traversed by the cutter in .its't'ravely yand' a guide-member for the work resting upon the work-supports and :movable longi-r tudinally thereon and soengaged by'saidladjustable member astotravel along said supports kas the angle of the member changes;y said f guide-member having an opening through which the cutterV may` travelY and which is thus kept always in registry with f the path of cutter trc vel.y

4. In a cuttingmachine, a cutter having rec-iprocable carriage support onv a member Vturnable upon a -vertical axis,'a horizontal work-support traversed cross-wiseby the cutter at any angular setting ot its support mein-4 ber thereto, and a guide or gauge-bar for the work resting. upon the work-support and having connection with the cuttersupportmember by which it is moved longitudinally with change ofthelatters angleto said work-sup- 'o port so as to keep an opening thereinalways in registry with the travel path of the cutter reciprocated therethrough. V

' 5'. -ina. cutting machine, a work-support, a cutter carriage-support member adjustable angularly thereto for disposing the cutter at variable angle of reciprocation thereacross, a .work gui cle-bar resting on .the work-support and having van opening therein through which the cutter may pass in cutting action, and parallel link connections of which said supportmember forms one for moving the guide-bar longitudinally along thefwork-support with its said opening always in registry with the path ot1 cutter travel as the support-member is adjusted lto differentl angles to the worksupport. Y

6. In a cuttingmachine, a work-supporting table, a cutter mounted :tor reciprocation cross-wise of the table on a support adjustable angularly thereto at its side, a work guide-bar lextending longitudinally rof the table and having an opening therein through j which the cutter may` pass in reciprocated action, and parallel link connections of which theV cutter-support forms one for moving the 1 guide-bar endwise on the work-support in maintained longitudinal relation thereto and with its said opening alwaysin registry with 1 the travel pathof the cutter'as the cutter support is adjusted' to", different angular positions.

v 7 In a cutting machine, a work-support, a cutter-support member adjustabley angularlyy theretoy upon which a cutter is reciprocated rio cross-wise thereof, a guide-bar for the work j* resting' upon the work:y supporting surface and having an opening through which the cutter vmay pass in reciprocated action, and a connection between said bar and the cuttery support by which the former is moved longitudinally along the work-support in unchanged relation thereto and with its opening always in registry ywiththe travel path of the cutter as said cutter-support is adjusted to different angular positions.

8. In a cutting machine, a Work-support, a cutter-support member adjustable angularly thereto upon which a cutter is reciprocated cross-Wise thereof, a guide-bar for the Work resting' upon the work supporting surface and having an opening through which the cutter may pass in reciprocated action, andL parallel link connections with said bar of which the cutter support itselil forins one for moving the bar endwise along the Work-support as the angular position of said cuttersupport is changed so as to keep 'the opening in the bar always in registry with the travel path of the cutter Without changing its relation to said work-support.

9. In a cutting machine7 a Work-supporting table; a rotary cutter Carried by a recipe rocable member mounted on a support lateral to the table and adjustable angularly thereto for swinging the cutter into various angular lines of cut cross-Wise of the table; a guidebar resting on the table in longitudinal relation thereto for guiding and steadying the Work advanced therealong in cutting relation to the cutter and having a gap-pace therein through which the cutter may pass in reciprocate action; and parallel link connections with said guide-bar of which the cutter carriage itself forms one for shifting the bar Withy its gap-space always in the travel path 0f the cutter' as the latter is swung to different angular positions, While maintaining the 'bar always in the saine relation to the table.

In testimony whereof I alix iny signature.

JOHN O. HORTON. 

